I’m glad Celebs Go Dating: The Mansion was scrapped – it was intense to film and lost its identity, says Anna Williamson

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DATING guru Anna Williamson has praised Celebs Go Dating for scrapping its one-off Mansion series - saying it was "intense to film".

The agent admitted the changed format of the show blurred the lines between celebrities and members of the public looking for love.

She also agreed it had lost its identity by moving away from the therapy side of the process, while focusing on action going on inside The Mansion.

Delivering his critique of the one-off series, Secure the Insecure podcast host Johnny Seifert said: "We didn't see enough of the therapy and the people who the celebrities were dating also wanted to become celebrities." Agreeing with his analysis, Anna said: "The Mansion did really well and we really enjoyed it, but it was intense. "Shooting that in a pandemic was really hard, but it was the only way we were going to be able to get that series out. "That's why with the series that's just finished, the bosses wanted to get back to the alluring nature of it's about dating a celebrity - instead of chucking everyone in and blurring all the lines.